Northwest History. China 1. Assassinations.

Chinese Governor Reported Killed.
SHANGHAI. July 16— (/P)—Nationalist authorities were informed today that Yang Chen-Hsin, military governor of Chinese Turkestan, had been
shot to death on July 7 by soldiers of the escort of the commissioner of foreign affairs. The governor was distributing prizes at the Russian school of languages at the time. The assassins were reported to have been arrested. Chinese fear that the assassination portends an outbreak of trouble in Chinese Turkestan which is believed to be permeated by Soviet influence.

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Chinese Governor Reported Killed.
SHANGHAI. July 16— (/P)—Nationalist authorities were informed today that Yang Chen-Hsin, military governor of Chinese Turkestan, had been
shot to death on July 7 by soldiers of the escort of the commissioner of foreign affairs. The governor was distributing prizes at the Russian school of languages at the time. The assassins were reported to have been arrested. Chinese fear that the assassination portends an outbreak of trouble in Chinese Turkestan which is believed to be permeated by Soviet influence.